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50 Pfennig Deutsche Amerika-Woche
| Issuer | Bremen, City of |
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| Year | 1922 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is dominated by a central blue guilloche underprint panel bearing the bold letterpress inscription DEUTSCHE AMERIKA-WOCHE BREMEN at the top, with the denomination numeral 50 in a large oval cartouche at centre. Flanking the central panel on both left and right are vertical columns of national flags of the Americas and European trading nations rendered in full colour, with the flag of Bremen at upper left and the flag of Brazil at lower right. Two cursive text blocks below the denomination oval carry the validity clause signed by Das Präsidium and Die Geschäftsführung of the Weser-Gilde, with a small ornamental key vignette at centre below. |
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| Reverse lettering | DEUTSCHE AMERIKA-WOCHE RIO DE JANEIRO 50 PFENNIG 50 50 PFENNIG 50 Frühjahr 1923 BREMEN Frühjahr 1923 |
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The Deutsche Amerika-Woche — "German America Week" — was a trade and cultural promotion held in Bremen in 1922, organized to rebuild commercial ties with the United States that had been severed by the war and the subsequent Allied blockade. Bremen, as the principal German emigration port and a city with deep transatlantic merchant roots, was a natural host. This Notgeld issue was produced specifically for the event, functioning as both small change and a souvenir item for attendees.
H.M. Hauschild was a well-established Bremen publisher with prior Notgeld production experience, which accounts for the relatively clean execution for a municipal emergency issue.